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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...And so it is
Well, it's been a rollercoaster of a year 'round our way! I'm sure you've had your own rollercoaster moments too. Those moments when you have a high and a low in quick successionWhen you don't know which way is up as things move so fastWhen you come to a halt...
The Tough Part
So there's been a hiatus in my proceedings recently. I've missed sending you my weekly eZine for over 2 weeks now. I had "fallen off my perch 🦜" as the phrase goes! I'm now recovering from a chest infection which turned into pneumonia...
Have you tried it?
Maisie had watched the Amy Cuddy TED "Presence" talk and really took on the need to slow herself down and to be more present during the interview process. It's a brilliant talk and I encourage you to watch it yourself... Having been put forward for a...
She was right
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realised how seldom they do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt Oh my goodness, isn't this quote freeing?! I have a sign off at the bottom of my personal emails and I put in it my favourite quote of...
Crazy Paving
It’s so easy to assume that you have to have your career path all worked out and any given point if you are not clear about your way ahead then you are failing in someway… This is an illusion and it’s one that I have absolutely learned from my own...
No
Small word. BIG difference. If or how you can say "No" to things changes how you show up, what you show up to, how people treat you and what you choose to make important. AND it changes your mental capacity for what you do want to do more of IF...
Complicit
When my client told me about her recent course along the lines of Confidence & Resilience and why she was put on it, my mouth dropped... What?! She explained about one of her colleagues in this financial institution was, without a doubt, bullying her....
Or what about…
So I recently went through the interview process to be a volunteer at our local Citizens Advice Bureau. The process went well and I was offered the role which entailed one full day per week in the local offices learning about the services and then, via much training...
Earlier On
It was the thumping dance music which first made me want to be part of it. Then it was seeing the high energy movement of the class following Pete like he was the Pied Piper. It was as if they were one, not about 20 women sweating profusely! I used to...
Enough
So, having just come back from my first French Conversation Circle meeting for this term, I feel inspired to write to you about the word 'Enough'. I've missed 3 classes this term. Week 1 was the Gathering I hosted in London and then 2 weeks of being a bit...